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The Emerging Abraham Accords: The Challenges of Positive Change
Israel and the UAE have just embarked on a process that, assuming it matures successfully, will soon yield the fruit of full normalization between the two counties. The media coverage of the process has been largely optimistic, occasionally mentioning potential pitfalls regarding annexation and arms sales. Missing from this public
Sep 25, 2020
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Yoel Guzansky
Kobi Michael
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Qatar’s Media Campaign Against UAE-Israel Deal Reflects a Wider Gulf Rift
In the weeks since U.S., Emirati, and Israeli leaders announced a historic normalization agreement on August 13, Qatari media has leveled major criticism of the deal. Yet the motivations for this criticism seem to reflect direct competition between Qatar and the UAE as much as genuine critique. The direct competition
Sep 10, 2020
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Haisam Hassanein
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Israel and the UAE on Iran: Shared Foe, Different Perspectives
Given past developments, the UAE’s and Israel’s recent announcement of normalization in exchange for shelving annexation plans should come as no great surprise, even if the timing was unexpected. There remains, however, frequently understated differences between one aspect of this relationship often assumed to be a common denominator: Jerusalem’s and
Sep 1, 2020
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Danny Citrinowicz
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The UAE-Israel Peace Agreement: An Opportunity for Peace in the Region?
The announcement of a peace deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has earned praise from several governments as a step towards peace. Nonetheless, the "Arbaham Accords," as the deal is known, can only lead to greater reconciliation if the relevant actors take appropriate steps. So far, the reaction
Aug 31, 2020
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Mohammed Dajani
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Arab Anti-Normalization Laws: A Regional Sketch
On August 6, 2020, U.S. Democratic Senator Cory Booker and Republican Senator Rob Portman co-introduced the "Strengthening Reporting of Actions Taken Against the Normalization of Relations with Israel Act of 2020.” The bill calls on the U.S. Secretary of State to report annually on instances of Arab government retribution for
Aug 28, 2020
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Joseph Braude
Mostafa El-Dessouki
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Sudan-Israel Relations: Ensuring Civilian Buy-In During a Democratic Transition
In a recently announced move, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Khartoum yesterday as part of his broader tour through the region, including visits to Israel, Bahrain, and the UAE. The Israel-UAE normalization deal sparked the series of diplomatic visits. In the wake of these developments, international observers wondered if
Aug 26, 2020
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Areej Elhag
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How Gulf Arab “Exasperation” with Endless Conflict Led to UAE-Israel Normalization
Individuals and groups in the Gulf Arab countries—especially Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain—have repeatedly expressed interest in Israel and frustration with Palestinian leadership over the last few years. These statements reflect a growing loss of patience with the prolonged Palestinian-Israeli dispute, along with a new attribution of the conflict’s
Aug 20, 2020
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Yoel Guzansky
Yohanan Tzoreff
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Among the Maps: President Trump's Vision vs. an Israeli Proposal
Carmel Dangor of the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation published a leaked Israeli proposal for annexation in late June, which shows the difference between President Trump's vision and a subsequently developed Israeli map . This new Israeli map shows a very different concept than the Trump map. While Israel would get
Aug 14, 2020
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Dany Tirza
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Normalization at Stake: the Emirati Message to Israelis
In the past few years, unprecedented economic and security cooperation between Israel and United Arab Emirates has grown given the common threat from Iran. At stake are the Israeli diplomatic mission in Abu Dhabi housed in the renewable energy agency, along with an informal trade office in Dubai. Just last
Jul 22, 2020
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Haisam Hassanein
Danny Citrinowicz
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Half of Emiratis Approve Domestic Policies, But Just 20% Want Israeli Ties
The Emirati public is split about how much the government should be doing about public health.
Jul 20, 2020
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David Pollock
Shaina Katz
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How GCC Conflict Impacts the Gulf Response to Israeli Annexation
With the potential of Israel moving forward with annexation looming, the question of its likely impact on recent steps of normalization with Gulf countries is becoming increasingly relevant. Yet the situation is ambiguous; while the scope of any annexation and the intensity of opposition to it throughout the Arab world
Jul 1, 2020
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Yoel Guzansky
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Two-Thirds in Jordan Fear U.S.-Israeli Plans, But Domestic Issues Rank First
The Jordanian “street” is now relatively content with its government’s posture, in spite—or indeed precisely because—of all the turbulence surrounding it.
Jul 1, 2020
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David Pollock
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A Contest of Wills–and Wagers–between Jordan and Israel
Despite the international praise Jordan has received for the measures it introduced to combat the spread of coronavirus, the country’s policy makers remain deeply worried about the likely dire economic fallout from the pandemic. In this context, the Israeli announcement that it plans to proceed with unilateral annexation of large
Jun 17, 2020
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Omar Alradad
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Wrestling with Annexation: The Elusive Search for a Policy Rationale
As soon as next month, Israel’s new government could approve plans to annex a substantial portion of the West Bank. The trigger for this comes from Washington—a shift by the Trump administration to recognize Israel’s new self-declared borders. But that still doesn’t explain why. What might Israel gain by discarding
Jun 16, 2020
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Robert Satloff
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How Should the PA Respond to the U.S.-Israeli Annexation Plan?
Israel's newly formed unity government intends to press ahead with a unilateral action to annex Palestinian lands in the West Bank and the Jordan Valley by early July. The current plan appears to include settlement blocs and most of the 140 settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, where
May 27, 2020
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Mohammed Dajani
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Is the Wolf at the Gates This Time? Addressing the Crisis in Israeli-Palestinian Ties
The drastic new declaration by Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) abrogating the PA’s commitments to its political agreements with Israel, including security cooperation, has aroused great concern among both Israelis and Palestinians. The crux of the matter is this: will it be just one more of the many
May 25, 2020
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Yoav ‘Poly’ Mordechai
Michael Milshtein
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Forging a Path to Peace in The Time of Coronavirus
The world was caught unprepared by the COVID-19 outbreak, which has unleashed an unprecedented global crisis and left more than one hundred thousand people dead and many more in grave condition. The pandemic shows no signs of abating and the most recent assessments project tens of thousands of more deaths
Apr 24, 2020
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Mohammed Dajani
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Israeli Polls Show Corona Helps Re-Crown “King Bibi” for Now, as Some Social Attitudes Also Shift
With the announcement this week that Binyamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu would remain Israel’s prime minister in a new “emergency national unity” government, the latest poll shows that 62% of Israelis express support for this unusual political deal. Opposition leader Benny Gantz, who fell just short of unseating Netanyahu in an unprecedented
Apr 23, 2020
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David Pollock
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Most Jerusalem Palestinians Want Neither Israeli Rule nor Uprising Against It, as Silwan Neighborhood Stands Out for More Militant Views
The Bellwether Citizenship Question–Palestine Now Trumps Israel: East Jerusalem’s 330,000 Palestinian legal residents, though overwhelmingly not Israeli citizens, have many practical advantages over their West Bank neighbors. Only the former have the right to work, study, and travel freely inside Israel, and to participate in Israel’s extensive social welfare system
Mar 13, 2020
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David Pollock
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Trump's 'Deal of the Century' and Why it Still Matters
This month marks the anniversary of the pivotal Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty, the first agreement of its kind. The two nations have enjoyed diplomatic relations since the signing of the treaty over 40 years ago. Through trials and challenges, the agreement has held and offers hope in a time where peace
Mar 13, 2020
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